Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - impostor
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n. (also imposter) 1 a person who assumes a false character or pretends to be someone else. 2 a swindler. Derivatives impostorous adj. impostrous adj. Etymology: F imposteur f. LL impostor (as IMPOST(1)) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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also imposter (impostors) Someone who is an impostor is dishonestly pretending to be someone else in order to gain an advantage. He was an imposter, who masqueraded as a doctor. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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also imposter AmE n someone who pretends to be someone else in order to trick people ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1586, from M.Fr. imposteur, from L. impostor, from impostus, from impositus, pp. of imponere "place upon" (see impose). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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